Städelschule
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Städelschule, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, is a contemporary fine arts academy in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
.
merchant Johann Friedrich Städel
in 1817. With his bequest Städel made it possible to set up the ‘Städelsches Kunstinstitut’, for the purpose of introducing students to his prodigous art collection and to establish a school for talented young students; the public also gained access to his collection. Städel's institute was concerned with an assessment of traditional and contemporary art as well as the development of entirely new practices. Over the years two institutions developed: the Städelmuseum"Städel
" and the Städelschule.
The Städelschule is an international academy; this applies to both teachers and students: 40% of the student body, and many of the professors, comes from abroad.
The exhibition space Portikus
has also added to the school's international reputation. In 1987, the contemporary exhibition space Portikus
was established, as part of the Städelschule, by the school's director Kaspar König. Artists from around the world exhibit there by invitation, with great benefit to the students and outside visitors. The art scene in Frankfurt am Main has been enriched by its more than one hundred exhibitions
; over the years, Portikus
has developed into a leading center for experimental art in Germany
.
In 2008, the Städelschule, in collaboration
with Portikus
, produced a volume about the academy and the gallery called "Kunst Lehren—Teaching Art," with texts by critics, historians, and curators, including Pamela Lee, Okwui Enwezor, Niklas Maak, and Jan Verwoert, and published by the noted publisher Walther König.
Together the Städelschule and Portikus
constitute a leading international center for experimental art
. Proponents of leading developments in art and architecture are regularly in residence or lecture at the school. Music is also often represented. In 1980, for example, the famous band Throbbing Gristle
, founders of industrial music
, performed at the Städelschule.
Many well-known artists have taught at the school. The painter Max Beckmann
became a professor at the school in 1925, but when the Nazis came to power in 1933, they dismissed him from his position and listed him as a "degenerate" artist, including him in the Degenerate art
exhibition of 1937.
Curator: Sophie von Olfers
Address: Alte Brücke 2 / Maininsel, D-60594 Frankfurt am Main
Portikus
Portikus
, on an island abutting the Alte Brücke, or Old Bridge, in Frankfurt am Main, was founded as an exhibition hall for contemporary art
by the noted German curator Kaspar König when he was director (rector) of the Städelschule. Its name derives from the surviving portico
of the public library (Stadtsbibliotek) of 1825 that was destroyed by Allied bombing during World War II. In 1987, the vestige of this classical building once again fulfilled its architectural function as a façade when the Frankfurt-based architects Marie-Theres Deutsch and Klaus Dreißigacker built a simple white cube to function as the Portikus
gallery. In 2003, however, after 16 years and more than 100 exhibitions, Portikus had to vacate its space for the reconstruction of the former public library. Portikus
moved into the ground floor of the historical building known as the Leinwandhaus, in an exhibition space designed by artist and school professor Tobias Rehberger. In 2006, Portikus
moved to a new space, designed by Frankfurt architect Christoph Mäckler (who was also responsible from the reconstruction of the former library building). The new building is located on a small island in the river Main and is accessible only from the Old Bridge that is the historic and symbolic center of the city.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
History
The Städelschule was established by a foundation set up by the FrankfurtFrankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
merchant Johann Friedrich Städel
Städel
The Städel, officially the Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, is an art museum in Frankfurt am Main, with one of the most important collections in Germany....
in 1817. With his bequest Städel made it possible to set up the ‘Städelsches Kunstinstitut’, for the purpose of introducing students to his prodigous art collection and to establish a school for talented young students; the public also gained access to his collection. Städel's institute was concerned with an assessment of traditional and contemporary art as well as the development of entirely new practices. Over the years two institutions developed: the Städelmuseum"Städel
Städel
The Städel, officially the Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, is an art museum in Frankfurt am Main, with one of the most important collections in Germany....
" and the Städelschule.
The Städelschule is an international academy; this applies to both teachers and students: 40% of the student body, and many of the professors, comes from abroad.
The exhibition space Portikus
Portikus
Portikus is an exhibition hall for contemporary art in Frankfurt am Main, originally founded in 1987 through the initiation of Kasper König, one of the most influential living curators of contemporary art. It's name derives from the surviving portico of the Stadtbibliothek from 1825 that was...
has also added to the school's international reputation. In 1987, the contemporary exhibition space Portikus
Portikus
Portikus is an exhibition hall for contemporary art in Frankfurt am Main, originally founded in 1987 through the initiation of Kasper König, one of the most influential living curators of contemporary art. It's name derives from the surviving portico of the Stadtbibliothek from 1825 that was...
was established, as part of the Städelschule, by the school's director Kaspar König. Artists from around the world exhibit there by invitation, with great benefit to the students and outside visitors. The art scene in Frankfurt am Main has been enriched by its more than one hundred exhibitions
Art exhibition
Art exhibitions are traditionally the space in which art objects meet an audience. The exhibit is universally understood to be for some temporary period unless, as is rarely true, it is stated to be a "permanent exhibition". In American English, they may be called "exhibit", "exposition" or...
; over the years, Portikus
Portikus
Portikus is an exhibition hall for contemporary art in Frankfurt am Main, originally founded in 1987 through the initiation of Kasper König, one of the most influential living curators of contemporary art. It's name derives from the surviving portico of the Stadtbibliothek from 1825 that was...
has developed into a leading center for experimental art in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
In 2008, the Städelschule, in collaboration
Collaboration
Collaboration is working together to achieve a goal. It is a recursive process where two or more people or organizations work together to realize shared goals, — for example, an intriguing endeavor that is creative in nature—by sharing...
with Portikus
Portikus
Portikus is an exhibition hall for contemporary art in Frankfurt am Main, originally founded in 1987 through the initiation of Kasper König, one of the most influential living curators of contemporary art. It's name derives from the surviving portico of the Stadtbibliothek from 1825 that was...
, produced a volume about the academy and the gallery called "Kunst Lehren—Teaching Art," with texts by critics, historians, and curators, including Pamela Lee, Okwui Enwezor, Niklas Maak, and Jan Verwoert, and published by the noted publisher Walther König.
Together the Städelschule and Portikus
Portikus
Portikus is an exhibition hall for contemporary art in Frankfurt am Main, originally founded in 1987 through the initiation of Kasper König, one of the most influential living curators of contemporary art. It's name derives from the surviving portico of the Stadtbibliothek from 1825 that was...
constitute a leading international center for experimental art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
. Proponents of leading developments in art and architecture are regularly in residence or lecture at the school. Music is also often represented. In 1980, for example, the famous band Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle
Throbbing Gristle were an English industrial, avant-garde music and visual arts group that evolved from the performance art group COUM Transmissions...
, founders of industrial music
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
, performed at the Städelschule.
Many well-known artists have taught at the school. The painter Max Beckmann
Max Beckmann
Max Beckmann was a German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer. Although he is classified as an Expressionist artist, he rejected both the term and the movement...
became a professor at the school in 1925, but when the Nazis came to power in 1933, they dismissed him from his position and listed him as a "degenerate" artist, including him in the Degenerate art
Degenerate art
Degenerate art is the English translation of the German entartete Kunst, a term adopted by the Nazi regime in Germany to describe virtually all modern art. Such art was banned on the grounds that it was un-German or Jewish Bolshevist in nature, and those identified as degenerate artists were...
exhibition of 1937.
Portikus
Director: Prof. Nikolaus HirschCurator: Sophie von Olfers
Address: Alte Brücke 2 / Maininsel, D-60594 Frankfurt am Main
Portikus
Portikus
Portikus
Portikus is an exhibition hall for contemporary art in Frankfurt am Main, originally founded in 1987 through the initiation of Kasper König, one of the most influential living curators of contemporary art. It's name derives from the surviving portico of the Stadtbibliothek from 1825 that was...
, on an island abutting the Alte Brücke, or Old Bridge, in Frankfurt am Main, was founded as an exhibition hall for contemporary art
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
by the noted German curator Kaspar König when he was director (rector) of the Städelschule. Its name derives from the surviving portico
Portico
A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls...
of the public library (Stadtsbibliotek) of 1825 that was destroyed by Allied bombing during World War II. In 1987, the vestige of this classical building once again fulfilled its architectural function as a façade when the Frankfurt-based architects Marie-Theres Deutsch and Klaus Dreißigacker built a simple white cube to function as the Portikus
Portikus
Portikus is an exhibition hall for contemporary art in Frankfurt am Main, originally founded in 1987 through the initiation of Kasper König, one of the most influential living curators of contemporary art. It's name derives from the surviving portico of the Stadtbibliothek from 1825 that was...
gallery. In 2003, however, after 16 years and more than 100 exhibitions, Portikus had to vacate its space for the reconstruction of the former public library. Portikus
Portikus
Portikus is an exhibition hall for contemporary art in Frankfurt am Main, originally founded in 1987 through the initiation of Kasper König, one of the most influential living curators of contemporary art. It's name derives from the surviving portico of the Stadtbibliothek from 1825 that was...
moved into the ground floor of the historical building known as the Leinwandhaus, in an exhibition space designed by artist and school professor Tobias Rehberger. In 2006, Portikus
Portikus
Portikus is an exhibition hall for contemporary art in Frankfurt am Main, originally founded in 1987 through the initiation of Kasper König, one of the most influential living curators of contemporary art. It's name derives from the surviving portico of the Stadtbibliothek from 1825 that was...
moved to a new space, designed by Frankfurt architect Christoph Mäckler (who was also responsible from the reconstruction of the former library building). The new building is located on a small island in the river Main and is accessible only from the Old Bridge that is the historic and symbolic center of the city.
Teachers
Notable Professors (Past & Present)
External links
- Website Städelschule
- Website Städelschule Architecture Class
- Website Portikus
- 'Young Art from the Städelschule Frankfurt/Main' exhibition at the Embassy Residence Gallery
- Throbbing Gristle Something Came Over Me Live Frankfurt Städelschule 1980
- Rundgang 2008 at Städelschule (You Tube)
- Städelschule Architectural class (You Tube)
- Staedelschule Online Group (You Tube
- INTERNATIONAL NEWS DIGEST Art Forum